26th Annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival
The dance of the sun and earth has inspired celebrations of the human spirit, expressed through art and music, throughout the ages. Honouring many cultural traditions, the Annual Winter Solstice […]
The dance of the sun and earth has inspired celebrations of the human spirit, expressed through art and music, throughout the ages. Honouring many cultural traditions, the Annual Winter Solstice […]
Laugh out the old year and pop the cork on the new, with three special New Year’s Eve performances from Vancouver TheatreSports. Special performance at 11:15pm that includes party favours […]
Enjoy a comedic look at the year’s top headlines through the eyes of Vancouver TheatreSports League’s improvisers. With the help of audience suggestions, they’ll show you the funny in the […]
A comedic look at the performances that will bring the year 2020 to a laughing start. For show times and ticket information, visit www.vtsl.com
The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is one of Vancouver’s signature events. Produced over three weeks each January, the Festival expands the horizons of Vancouver artists and audiences with work […]
This political cabaret celebrates the subversive power of art, and offers a warning to those who would take freedom for granted. 1934: as Nazism tightens its grip on Germany, a […]
Granville Island looks forward to celebrating Lunar New Year traditions in January. 2020 marks the Year of the Rat, and there are many ways to celebrate with us on the island! January 25th – February 9 Snap a photo in front of our lantern installations, around the Public Market or inside the Net Loft atrium. […]
A witty and romantic look at one real couple’s relationship as revealed through interviews and interpreted by VTS improvisers.
d’bi young anitafrika takes on gender, sexuality, divinity, and more, in this erotic solo piece. Whether playing a church pastor, a pole dancer, or a child in a schoolyard, d’bi positively glows with fervour; the spirit of protest runs strong through multiple characters, shifting timelines and changing settings of the narrative. Telling the story of […]
In this playful, resourceful performance, one solitary soul uses consumer products to build entire worlds inside a fish tank, working on the spot against a rising horizon of water. Rockets, cityscapes, satellites, and more, are created from the interaction of aqua and everyday objects. Audiences may never look at clothespins, CDs, or turkey basters, the […]
An economic disaster and its ripple effects are conveyed in an onstage performance by the artist and some very special companions: a group of talking rice cookers. Re-programmed to speak, these devices serve as a token of Jaha’s alienation, and a metaphor for the most absurd, most comical aspects of the recent past. Jaha sits […]
A deep dive into the politics of language and the dynamics of privilege, Footnote Number 12 turns the act of reading into riveting theatre. It takes celebrated essay by the late David Foster Wallace, and breaks it down in a series of seriocomic monologues, each of them playfully modulated by sound artist Nancy Tam. Our […]